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Great Lakes States, U.S. EPA grapple with “Forever Chemicals”
-An April 6, 2018 photo of Michigan DEQ contractor AECOM sampling for PFAS foam in the…
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PFAS pollution already costing Michigan communities millions
-Michigan residents may be in line to pay for the fixes to PFAS contamination for years to come.
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Ann Arbor spends $1 million to deal with PFAS contamination
-The city started to ask in 2017: “What can we do about it?”
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In West Michigan, sticker shock over toxic water costs
-Plainfield Township officials estimate that $62 million is needed to bring municipal water to areas contaminated by PFAS chemicals.
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Michigan residents take action on clean water where military won’t
-Grayling Township may build a new municipal water system to serve homes contaminated by PFAS from the military base.
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AuthorsBudgetEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNew Trump budget again proposes drastic cuts for the U.S. EPA, Great Lakes
-Titled “A Budget for a Better America,” the Trump administration’s 2020 budget released on Monday makes another attempt to subject the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to draconian funding cuts and proposes to all but eliminate the Obama-era Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
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AdvocacyAuthorsBudgetDrinking WaterEquity and Environmental JusticeGary WilsonIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRegionWaterfront DevelopmentSome Great Lakes governors make water quality a top priority in first budgets and actions
-Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday told legislators who have to approve her budget that she wants Michigan to take a new path where “every community has clean safe drinking water.”
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AuthorsCollaborationDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGreat Lakes Now On-Air SpecialsNewsPFASPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeSandra SvobodaGreat Lakes Now/DPTV and MLive Partner for PFAS Reporting
-As residents, researchers and lawmakers learn more about how industrial chemicals are permeating household water supplies, MLive Media Group and Detroit Public Television are collaborating to report stories that will help further public understanding of this latest water crisis.
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AdvocacyAgricultureAuthorsBudgetDrinking WaterEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingEquity and Environmental JusticeJames ProffittLake ErieNewsPolicySandra SvobodaThe Lake Erie Bill of Rights
-In advance of this week’s vote on a measure that would grant Lake Erie certain legal status, Great Lakes Now is bringing a variety of perspectives about the issue with these extended conversations.
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Blue EconomyClimate ChangeDrinking WaterEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResourceThe StatesFrom Bridge Magazine: Michigan Republicans kill Gov. Whitmer’s environmental overhaul plan
-The Republican-controlled Legislature killed Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to reorganize Michigan’s environmental agency. It’s only the second time that has happened since 1963.
